Create a cursor with Visual C++ Express

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I try to learn the basics of Windows Programming , this time using the Win32 tutorial . However , ...

Both dev-cpp and msvc-express have a resource compiler, which is the important part. If you want a gui editor to create resource scripts, which the various non-express versions of msvc2005 come equipped with, you might be interested in ResEd and use the scripts it generates with either compiler. Resource script syntax isn't difficult if you would prefer to write them by hand; regard this msdn page as an important reference whichever approach you choose to use.

Since dev-cpp and msvc2005-express are free, try them both - it's always useful to compile code on different compilers in any event.